Finally, a small bore Parker!!
 

Just bought 200828, VH 16, 28” capped pistol. Finally! Will post photos when in hand. Looks too good to be in original condition, as described, but I paid less than resto cost would have been, if the gun is a resto (fairly confident it is a resto), 1 frame gun with light barrels.

Love frame 1 16's. Weight from 6 1/2 to 7. not to heavy to carry, and the barrels are not to light to swing.

Congrats on what sounds like a fine gun! Hopefully it will fit and shoot well for you. Love to see some photos!

Mark,

I have that same gun in original well worn condition. 16 Ga VH, 28 barrels. Mine is a 142XXX numbered gun from 1907. It is an honest gun. It is great to carry and shoot but choked modified and full so mine is tight. Okay for open terrain shooting, but not close quarter combat for grouse and woodcock. Would probably be a great Snipe gun. You're gonna love yours.

Btw one of the most famous exhibition shots of all time used a 16 gauge Parker, and probably for good reasons.

Actually I have some modern sxs with 26 inch barrels and the Parker is close to same overall gun lengths when laid side by side it is hard to tell the difference.

Look for the hinge pin :whistle:





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Hinge Pin? Yes that is always a discriminator. My man Deano here is cracking himself up this morning.

Congrats on the 16 but a fair warning your at the top of a slippery slope when acquiring small bore Parkers.:rotf:

Hey Rich ,you aren't kidding ,The next thing we will be reading on here is Mark telling us he just had to buy that Parker 410 Gauge to shoot that darn Rabbit eating his lettuce in the garden ! :rotf: Been there done that ! Congrats Markyou are going to love that 16 Bore !

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;234918]Look for the hinge pin :whistle:





That's funny, good one !

I have a 1 frame 16 VH also. It was my grouse gun for years. It was M/F also, but when I bought it around 1988, a friend had an IC reamer, and now both barrels are IC.
No real regrets about that, made it a better bird gun. I do love the O frames however